First Bus - Leicester

[DD12]

10 E400's are transferring to Bristol "as soon as possible. Route 74 E400's to lose their branding

What is expected to release these from Leicester?

The FL fleet upgrade didn't last long

The answer I got was "saloons" would be ironic if it was ALX400's but my guess would be Geminis, well we can all guess. Does seem abit wasteful spending time and money investing in an upgrade that is to be potentially reversed

Typical First again, 'robbing off Peter to pay Paul'.

Even with all the new vehicle deliveries, there is still insufficient capacity around group to be able to cascade anything half decent due to years of under investment, and selling the London Op's and source of mid life vehicle has only exaggerated the problem

I SUSPECT we might see quite a lot of transfers around the First group at the end of this month due to the DDA deadline for single-deckers, (under 7.5 tonnes I think), and some might seem illogical, and some short-term, and with some compensatory adjustments as time goes by.
There are 3  Caetano darts at Hereford still, which I am informed are non-compliant.

[Tony]

10 E400's are transferring to Bristol "as soon as possible. Route 74 E400's to lose their branding

What is expected to release these from Leicester?

The FL fleet upgrade didn't last long

It appears Leicester are to receive 12 59 plate B7RLE Eclipse from Bristol in Exchange (69435/6/49-56/59/60). Actually lools like Leicester may have got the better end of the deal!

[Ashley]

10 E400's are transferring to Bristol "as soon as possible. Route 74 E400's to lose their branding

What is expected to release these from Leicester?

The FL fleet upgrade didn't last long

It appears Leicester are to receive 12 59 plate B7RLE Eclipse from Bristol in Exchange (69435/6/49-56/59/60). Actually lools like Leicester may have got the better end of the deal!

Apparently some of the B7RLE's have arrived at Leicester

[stuartn]

10 E400's are transferring to Bristol "as soon as possible. Route 74 E400's to lose their branding

What is expected to release these from Leicester?

The FL fleet upgrade didn't last long

It appears Leicester are to receive 12 59 plate B7RLE Eclipse from Bristol in Exchange (69435/6/49-56/59/60). Actually lools like Leicester may have got the better end of the deal!

Apparently some of the B7RLE's have arrived at Leicester

They're believed to be 69436, 69449 & 69450 - 69435 may also be at Abbey Lane too.

[John]

Apparently some of the B7RLE's have arrived at Leicester

They're believed to be 69436, 69449 & 69450 - 69435 may also be at Abbey Lane too.

33560, 33564 and 33566 have now arrived in Bristol, still with Leicester route branding

[stuartn]

69450 entered service yesterday (2nd Jan) on service 94 and is on the 94 again today: www.facebook.com/LeicestershireTransportUpdates/photos/620726268059956/

[Ashley]

33554 has been reported to have been exchanged for 69435

[Ashley]

I haven't paid alot of attention to my Yahoo inbox of late but 69452 69454 and 69459 have arrived from Bristol this last week or two

[John]

From previous posts/Flickr, I see that these are the transfers in/out
Out
33554
33560
33564
33566
Do we know the others that have left?

In
69435
69436
69449
69450
69452
69454
69455
69459

With these still to come, or not reported yet
51, 53, 56, 60

[Cheese]

From previous posts/Flickr, I see that these are the transfers in/out
Out
33554
33560
33564
33566
Do we know the others that have left?

In
69435
69436
69449
69450
69452
69454
69455
69459

With these still to come, or not reported yet
51, 53, 56, 60

Other ones to have left for Bristol are 33547/56/65/69/71. 69451/3 have been reported as leaving Bristol so should be at Leicester.

[Ashley]

From previous posts/Flickr, I see that these are the transfers in/out
Out
33554
33560
33564
33566
Do we know the others that have left?

In
69435
69436
69449
69450
69452
69454
69455
69459

With these still to come, or not reported yet
51, 53, 56, 60

Other ones to have left for Bristol are 33547/56/65/69/71. 69451/3 have been reported as leaving Bristol so should be at Leicester.

33506 33508 and 33550 are the last three at Leicester, unless they've gone since Monday, ive had nothing on email yet

[stuartn]

69436 was involved in an incident yesterday morning which has caused some damage to the bus.

http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Large-scaffold-tower-collapses-Charles-Street/story-25935311-detail/story.html

[47609FireFly]

32097 is currently in Cornwall.

[Ashley 60171]

Talk on the East Mids Yahoo group

3x B7TL/ALX400's may be going to Essex in a swap for what I assume will be B7RLE's

7x Streetlites due here this year

[47609FireFly]

On 13/05/2015, 32087 made the move from Leicester to Essex. 66820 went in the opposite direction.